at one time I was very attracted to the world "weltschmertz" ( spelling?) a sort of grieving for the world, carrying the grief of the world in one's own heart.. a very timely second cousin to your word

I tend to associate it with Nietzsche’s stand on faith and the pursuit of truth, either worldviews which are bound to save or destroy us.

“Every true faith is infallible. It performs what the believing person hopes to find in it. But it does not offer the least support for the establishing of an objective truth. Here the ways of men divide. If you want to achieve peace of mind and happiness, have faith. If you want to be a disciple of truth, then search.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

an important distinction..to seek truth and hear truth we must first put aside all that keeps us from that:
tego
needs
fantasy
attachment
arrogance
control
domination
fear
a need for certainty
grief
a need for security

although often enough, thank goodness, truth is a penetrating laser that pierces though all that an dplants its seed in the human heart dissolving all these obstacles until they no longer exist or are even remembered.once in a very great while this happens simultaneously to many all over the earth

Dec 22 2011:
"Mamihlapinatapei" "a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other will offer something that they both desire but are unwilling to suggest or offer themselves." (from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamihlapinatapai)

I don't know if it's my favourite word, but it is one I came across recently and it's meaning is quite interesting

I find I use it all the time now..it expresses an emergence of something that was already there, a process of growing, unfolding as from a seed towards flowering and fruit, it implies an unfolding..seems to contain.convey more than simply saying "evolve" or discovering"..

it wasn't a conscious choice to use that word..I just came to see it as the word that describes the new way of seeing , observing, listening that is emanating within me in siutations weher I might in other days have used "evolving" or "growing"

Whenever we "put on a new mind" we find that the words we used to use don't quite contai the meaning or content we nowwant our speaking to have and quite uninintentionally we srtart using new and different words.

EMANATE is definitely a word I now find I use often.

Interestingly whenever I use it in normal conversation it also creates a small shift in awreness, attention, consideration that other more commonly used words do not.

Dec 15 2011:
Although I have several favorite words. This one comes to my mind as of now.
Share- To be concerned or partake equally or jointly… To participate in, use, enjoy, or experience jointly or in turns. Something our world needs more of.. people being CONCERNED.. GREAT TOPIC.

Dec 15 2011:
Pixelated, I heard it first as a child in the movie "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" with Gary Cooper, two elderly ladies use it to describe everyone they know. Their meaning is one who is adversely affected by pixies. Over time, as I have meet more and more people, I tend to agree but with a variance on the meaning. We are all made of many parts coming together to form a whole and unique image. Often we only see parts, pixels of people and because of our inability to see the whole, all people are pixelated, all things are pixelated, all knowledge, everything is PIXELATED! ! ! ! ! Silly pixies.

This is an awesome question! I've debated this topic with many people in the English teaching community, and it seems like everyone has a unique and amazing answer. Already cited, but exceptionally beautiful words would include infinity, oblivion, and facetious...(All amazing) However, as controversial as it might seem to the TED community, I would have to cite the F-word as one of my all-time favorites. Before an uproar ensues, I would like to clarify that this word can be used both negatively and positively, and does not always need to be an ugly thing. English is largely stripped of truly expressive words (the ones that you would yell if you were in pain)

While other words certainly contain more eloquence and pomposity, meaning and insightfulness, the 'f' word is sometimes just fun to say.
***As a postscript, I would like to clarify that overuse of this word can make one's speech ugly, seem ignorant, and uneducated***
Thanks for the great question!
-Sam

I'm getting a few of these actually. Words can be used in many ways, and one of them happens to be derogatory for the F-word.
I understand why you like the F word the most, and I get that your points are very solid.
thanks for the postscript :P

Referring to the aims and nature of the economy and technology of a "Convivioctacy"; an economy of sustainable balance ( rather than unsusainable contnual growth); an economy which produces only technology that serves humanity well.(eg.is durable, repairable, affordable, beatifully designed and produced through means that don't undermine the dignity and health of humans or degade the planets oceasn, atmosphere or natiral resources)

opposite: "Obnoxico" a word coined by Buckminster Fuller to refer to an economy (like ours) that produces a lot of useless and frivolous things.(like garden gnomes,gazing balls, fake garden stones, blenders that also cook soup, crockpots, things that cost a great deal , have a short life and are non repairable etc. .

Dec 26 2011:
"The Vitamix 7-year performance warranty guarantees that every machine is free of defects in materials and workmanship and will perform like new for 7 full years from the date of purchase"..

A democracy whose constitution expresses a people's commitment to stewardship for one another, for earth and all her creatures, for future peoples, future earth and all her creatures; a democracy whose peoples are continually and actively engaged in emanating this not only through their government but through their lives and in all the roles each citizen engages others ..friend, mentor, relative, parent, spouse, volunteer.

Dec 17 2011:
Is . . Clinton gave us pause on this word with his infamous: "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." Is deserves reflection. Not in the demeaning context Clinton was referring, but as a concept of the present.

Dec 17 2011:
I like the word "April" coz in my country allways bring sun,is when the winter and the cold time is over,when the terrace and the people enjoy in the street with a big smile painted on their faces...April is allways bringing the spring,the flower and the love;)

Dec 16 2011:
Oachkatzlschwoaf, because not even all people from the region it is from can pronounce it correctly.
But to be fair the english translation "squirrel tail" is impossible for me to pronounce